I have heard this statement from a travel show: 'Trying different foods is the true joy of traveling'. And I totally agree with this statement. Aside from visiting their famous places, the other way of truly experiencing a place is by eating the local food. And whenever I travel, I do that. That way, I can say I have truly experienced the place and enjoyed it.
So, when we were in Baguio, we ate in different places, and one of the places we went to was the Korean Palace restaurant. Before I travel, I try to read blogs about places to visit, places to eat, that way I get an idea of where to go. And almost every blog mentioned this place, so of course we had to try it.
Korean Palace is located along South Drive near Camp John Hay, and by asking around, we found out that we only had to take a jeepney going to Baguio Country Club to get there, which we did. Fare is PHP8.50.
The place is quite spacious, with a parking area for several cars, and the place does get crowded, especially on weekends. So if you're panning on eating there, go early. If you're commuting, it is located on the right side of the road, and there is no way you will miss the signage.
There is indoor and outdoor seating, which gives diners an option to enjoy the cold weather outside, or just to enjoy eating inside. We ate outside, as we wanted to enjoy the fresh air. The food is inside, and it is an eat all you can restaurant. For PHP399, it is very much worth your every penny.
Look at our grilling pan! As we were celebrating my birthday, we wanted to have a feast, which we did here. It was like being in Seoul again, eating Korean food, and eating it in the cold weather reminded me of my travels in Korea.
The place is owned and operated by a Korean family, and one added bonus is that you can try wearing hanbok, which is the traditional Korean costume and take pictures as souvenirs. My niece did it for fun.
There was so much food to choose from! Here are just some of the meats available for grilling. Their samgyeopsal is of good quality, and just by tasting it, it has that natural 'sweetness', which indicates freshness. There were tons of kimchi of course, and if you've been reading my travel blogs, you'd know that it is the land of lettuce. So the lettuce for wraps was abundant and oh so fresh as you can see at the top of this picture. I just did not take a lot of pictures.
I did not like their kimbap though, as the rice was too soft or mushy. Good thing I only got two pieces. Their watercress salad was a hit! It was so yummy. I've been wanting to cook it at home but so far I have not had any success in finding watercress yet. When I have it, I will cook it and share it with you.
Look at the assortment of cooked foods- there was fruit salad for dessert, there was rolled banana, and if you are curious what that is, it is actually turon for us, ha ha. There was jeon, which is Korean panckaes, and that is the thing sliced like pizza. The watercress salad is the bowl filled to the brim with dark green. There was also another salad that I loved, which was the lettuce salad with kimchi juice and sesame oil. Yummy!!!
Here is my niece donning her first ever hanbok. It was night time already and the lighting was not very good in the area. We just took a picture for remembrance.
Here are some more salads. There's the lettuce salad on the left side. I already made it twice at home. What I do is just add some kimchi juice to torn lettuce, and add a dash of sesame oil. You can add a few pieces of spring onion and you have a delicious salad on the side. The pink color of the radishes turned me off, so I did not try the pickles. We pretty much sampled everything.
All in all, we had a great time in this place. It is not local food but is locally available, ha ha. I highly recommend this place for other people who will be visiting the city.
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